Recent posts by Kyle Whitmire | kwhitmire@al.com - AL.comtag:profile.al.com,2015:KyleWhitmire/104333502015-03-31T21:01:28ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceAlabama lawmaker withdraws controversial bill to repeal women's health standardstag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.156105602015-03-31T20:44:00Z2015-03-31T20:44:00ZSen. Larry Stutts embarrassed himself and colleague after his connections to Rose's Law became public. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Sen. Larry Stutts embarrassed himself and colleague after his connections to Rose's Law became public.
He lost his wife in childbirth, now her doctor, an Alabama lawmaker, wants to undo his victory for womentag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.156048412015-03-31T13:01:30Z2015-03-31T13:01:30ZSixteen years ago, Gene Church got Rose's Law, named for his late wife, through the Montgomery statehouse. Now her OB/GYN, Sen. Larry Stutts, is trying to repeal that law. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Sixteen years ago, Gene Church got Rose's Law, named for his late wife, through the Montgomery statehouse. Now her OB/GYN, Sen. Larry Stutts, is trying to repeal that law.
Alabama lawmaker tries to repeal law named after patient who died in his caretag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.155999412015-03-30T17:34:01Z2015-03-30T17:34:01ZIf political malpractice was a crime, state Sen. Larry Stutts would be guilty. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
If political malpractice was a crime, state Sen. Larry Stutts would be guilty.
Pat Dye: Birmingham can support UAB football, but not if UA trustees are against ittag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.155777852015-03-27T16:35:17Z2015-03-27T16:35:17ZDye also said UAB football coach Bill Clark was doing a good job. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Dye also said UAB football coach Bill Clark was doing a good job.
Predatory lenders bilk borrowers, but see which Alabama lawmakers got their cash for freetag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.155724022015-03-26T23:30:00Z2015-03-26T23:30:00ZPayday and title lenders have plied select Alabama lawmakers with campaign cash, and they've gotten their money's worth. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Payday and title lenders have plied select Alabama lawmakers with campaign cash, and they've gotten their money's worth.
UAB owed its football players the truth, but instead they got a lietag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.155442492015-03-23T18:10:00Z2015-03-23T18:10:00ZEvery time a player got his bell rung this season on the field, he sacrificed something for UAB that the university probably didn't deserve. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Every time a player got his bell rung this season on the field, he sacrificed something for UAB that the university probably didn't deserve.
Where's the margin for for-profit schools in Alabama?tag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.155367882015-03-22T13:57:00Z2015-03-22T13:57:00ZNext, charter school proponents must answer a key question: What's the business model? KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Next, charter school proponents must answer a key question: What's the business model?
Watch UAB fans chant 'Fire Ray Watts' at Ray Watts after Blazers beat Iowa Statetag:www.al.com,2015:/news/birmingham/index.ssf/3671.155207622015-03-20T14:10:30Z2015-03-20T14:10:30ZUAB fans's ire isn't going away with the Blazers' success in the NCAA tournament. It's just getting a national stage. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
UAB fans's ire isn't going away with the Blazers' success in the NCAA tournament. It's just getting a national stage.
At odds with Facebook CEO, Jeff Sessions doesn't 'like' legal immigration, eithertag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.155095782015-03-19T13:40:00Z2015-03-19T13:40:00ZIn flap with Facebook CEO, Sessions' message to foreigners is clear: You can bring your jobs to America, but leave your people at home. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
In flap with Facebook CEO, Sessions' message to foreigners is clear: You can bring your jobs to America, but leave your people at home.
Why Birmingham's water board fight matters to the rest of Alabamatag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.154938662015-03-17T18:53:00Z2015-03-17T18:53:00ZThe Birmingham Water Works Board's dysfunction has become a malfunction the Alabama Legislature must fix, even if it jeopardizes the rest of the session. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
The Birmingham Water Works Board's dysfunction has become a malfunction the Alabama Legislature must fix, even if it jeopardizes the rest of the session.
How loud must UAB yell to be heard? Depends on who's listeningtag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.154830932015-03-16T16:37:00Z2015-03-16T16:37:00ZRep. Jack Williams demands an apology from Gov. Bentley, while poll shows Watts and trustees' PR campaign has failed. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Rep. Jack Williams demands an apology from Gov. Bentley, while poll shows Watts and trustees' PR campaign has failed.
Alabama lawmakers purge old goofy laws to make room for brand new goofy lawstag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.154747922015-03-15T12:34:10Z2015-03-15T12:34:10ZIn Alabama, it's illegal to run marathons, sell chickens after dark or do pretty much anything on Sunday except go to church. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
In Alabama, it's illegal to run marathons, sell chickens after dark or do pretty much anything on Sunday except go to church.
Alabama's greatest public education champion is gone, and no, not Paul Hubberttag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.154387802015-03-11T18:15:13Z2015-03-11T18:15:13ZWatching the pending attack on public education in Alabama, I miss Gene Edelman now more than ever. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Watching the pending attack on public education in Alabama, I miss Gene Edelman now more than ever.
Dear President Obama: Forget Siegelman and Langford, pardon Snowden insteadtag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.154284912015-03-10T17:27:00Z2015-03-10T17:27:00ZObama's administration has been an enemy of the First Amendment and has done damage to the Constitution he swore to protect. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Obama's administration has been an enemy of the First Amendment and has done damage to the Constitution he swore to protect.
Where justice goes to die: Alabama Supreme Court follows politics, not the lawtag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.153968092015-03-08T12:30:00Z2015-03-08T12:30:00ZThe Alabama Supreme Court's ruling was inexplicable. And then there was that gay marriage thing. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
The Alabama Supreme Court's ruling was inexplicable. And then there was that gay marriage thing.
What's love got to do with gay marriage? Alabama Supreme Court says it's a second-hand emotiontag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.153721872015-03-04T13:30:00Z2015-03-04T13:30:00ZIn latest effort to block gay marriage in Alabama, the court says it's only physical. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
In latest effort to block gay marriage in Alabama, the court says it's only physical.
Alabama Supreme Court orders halt to same-sex marriagestag:www.al.com,2015:/news/index.ssf/3674.153696702015-03-04T00:41:43Z2015-03-04T00:41:43ZProbate judges have five days to contest the order. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Probate judges have five days to contest the order.
Blasting American infrastructure, John Oliver gets a dig in on Alabamatag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.153604412015-03-02T22:54:43Z2015-03-02T22:54:43ZAlabama has more than 2,000 dams, but no inspectors to ensure their safety. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Alabama has more than 2,000 dams, but no inspectors to ensure their safety.
What Frank Underwood and Richard Daley could have taught Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (and Bob Riley tried)tag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.153592982015-03-02T21:24:00Z2015-03-02T21:24:00ZIn politics, you can have money or power, but you can't have both. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
In politics, you can have money or power, but you can't have both.
State of our state is denial: What Robert Bentley would say if he were honesttag:www.al.com,2015:/opinion/index.ssf/8001346.153230892015-03-01T13:30:00Z2015-03-01T13:30:00ZRepublicans can fuss about no new taxes, but they know what the truth is and are afraid to face up to it. KyleWhitmirehttp://connect.al.com/user/KyleWhitmire/index.html
Republicans can fuss about no new taxes, but they know what the truth is and are afraid to face up to it.